News about Korean new media such as Internet and mobile tech but also on conventional media such as TV, radio, film and newspapers. Purpose of this blog is to function as reference material for a research project (2006-2009) on Korean media and new media, a part of the OED research group and funded by HS Foundation (see: Affiliations). Special thanks to research assistant Katja Heinonen who took care of the blog in 2007-2008.

Friday, March 09, 2007

The Ministry of Information and Communication has launched an online campaign to encourage users to hang Korean national flags in cyberspace.

The ministry said on Monday (Feb. 26) it will launch a campaign to hang Korea's national flag in cyberspace along with major online portal websites to mark Thursday's 88 anniversary of the March First Independence Movement Day, or the Samil Movement."